Today With Sean O Rourke Monday 18 August 2014

Today with Sean O'Rourke

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Abortion Case

It emerged at the weekend that a woman who was on hunger strike and who had requested an abortion under the new Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act was refused a termination and had her baby delivered by c section at around 24 weeks. The case throws up a number of issues relating to the new legislation which followed on from the death of Savita Halappanavar in 2012 .

Joining Sean to discuss this were Breda O’Brien who is a teacher and member of the Iona Institute; Harry McGee, political correspondent of the Irish times and Sam Coulter Smith, Master of the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in Dublin.

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Missouri

Protests continued last night in Ferguson, Missouri more than a week after a police officer shot and killed an unarmed 18 year old, Michael Brown, crowds of angry local people in the predominately African American suburb have ignored a curfew and clashed with riot police who have responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.

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Direct Provision

Now, with promises of Government reform of the Direct Provision system, reports began to surface last week of issues some residents had at the Mount Trenchard Direct Provision centre in Foynes, in County Limerick.

After some residents staged a protest last week, there was an agreement that issues around conditions would be addressed, after talks were facilitated between residents and owners by NGO Doras Luimni. Yet within minutes of these talks concluding, three residents, who had been expressing concerns on behalf of others, claim they were transferred away from the centre because they raised concerns.

Joining Sean with the story and with an exclusive interview with the residents was our reporter Brian O’Connell who has been reporting on the Direct Provision System for several months.

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Health Insurance

Good news for those who find themselves unable to afford health insurance – one company has introdiuced a product that will allow people to buy a cheal “cash plan” but upgrade to full cover when needed.

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Sport

It was a busy weekend in sport as Cork capitulated to Tipp in the All Ireland hurling semi final. Our women’s rugby team were beaten into 4th place by France and England overcame Canada to win the World Cup. Not to mention the end of a very satisfying European Athletics championships for the Ireland team. To talk about this and other stories were former Ireland rugby international Rosie O’Grady; former Tipperary hurler Babs Keating and former Cork manager Donal O’Grady.